Garter.



E. B. WINTERS.

GARTBR APPLICATION HLBD'MA'Y 19; 1914.

imtentd Feb. 9, 1915.

A TTUR/VEYS WITNESSES EDWARD BLOTUNT WINTERS, 0F GOFFEYVILLE, KANSAS,ASSIGNOR, TO THE JOHNSON SPRING GAB/TEE 00., OF COFFEYVILLE, KANSAS.

GARTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915..

To all whom it may concern:

, Be it known that I, EDWARD B. WINTERS, a citizen of the United States,and resident of Coffeyville, in the county of Montgomery and State ofKansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention relates to garters, having an inelastic leg band, and is animprovement over the forms shown and described in Letters Patent of theUnited States, No. 1,022,217, issued to me April 2, 1912, and in myapplication for Letters Patent filed March 25,1914, Serial No. 827,116.

My invention is fully described in the following specification, of whichthe accompanying drawings form a part, in which the Separate parts aredesignated by the same reference characters in each of the views, and inwhich:--

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a garter constructed in accordancewith my present invention; Fig. 2 is a section taken on the line 2-2 ofFig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 33 of Fig. 1.

In the drawingsdorming a part of this application I have shown a gartercomprising an inelastic leg band a, in permanent connection, at a withone of the branches, 7), of a shield b, bifurcated as shown, and theother branch, 6*, of which is provided with a hook c and thecorresponding end of the leg band with a ring 0 for detachableconnection of said shield and leg band, and it will be noted that africtional slide a is movably mounted upon the leg band and is securedto the end thereof, whereby the length of the leg band may be adjusted,this feature being of old and well known construction and may be made inany form.

Each of the branches 6 and b of the shield b is provided with a loopformed therein or Secured thereto, as shown at d, to engage thecorresponding angularly formed ends 03 of a flat coil spring d", thenormal tendency of which is to draw the branches 6 and b toward eachother, thus binding the band a to the leg of a wearer, but in an elasticmanner, the strength of the spring being such as to maintain the legband in position but without undue pressure on the '6 stitched to theshield.

The elasticity of. the spring d permits a considerable range of legdimensions without the necessity for adjusting the slide a, much morethan is possible with elastic fabrics now commonly used, and my springsinsure a permanent elasticity certainly never found in elastic fabric,resulting in a long-lived garter possessing all the usual advantages andothers not heretofore known in such articles.

It will be noted that I locate the coil springs in line with the tensionbrought to bear thereon through the leg band, and said springs are alsolocated at the point of greatest possible separation of the shieldbranches, whereby great latitude of garter expansion results, this beingof particular advantage when a wearer bendshisleg at the knee, and,also, for fitting legs of greater or less circumference, within certainits, without garter adjustment.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. Agarter, comprising a bifurcated shield, a leg band in permanentconnection with one branch of said shield, means for detachablyconnecting said leg band with the other branch thereof, said shield andleg band being composed of inelastic material, and an extension springconnected at its ends to the branches of said shield, 111 line with saidleg band.

2. A garter, comprising a bifurcated shield, a leg band in permanentconnection with one branch thereof, means for detachably connecting saidleg band with the other lim- M loo ably connecting said leg band withthe other name to this specification in presence of the granch thereofl,sfaid 1shield and lelg band subscribing witnesses.

eing compose 0 ine astic materia and a, 4 f flattened, extension, springconnecteii with EDW'ARD'BLOUNT'WINTERS' 5 said branches and tending tohold the same Witnesses:

together. D. H. MARTIN,

In testimony whereof I have signed my R. ILMUZZY.

